From Nave’s Topical Bible
Bethabara
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 3Passages listed
- 2Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- A city east of the JordanJudges 7:24
- John testifies to Christ's messiahship, and baptizes atJohn 1:28
- Jesus atJohn 10:39–42
The passages, in Bible order (3)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 3 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Judges 7:24
Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim to say, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as Beth-barah.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth-barah.
Commentary on Judges 7:242 voices
The waters - That is, the passes over those waters to which they are like to come. Jordan - The fords of Jordan, which they must pass over into their own country.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765Evangelical
And Gideon sent messengers throughout all Mount Ephraim,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- John 1:28
All this happened at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
Commentary on John 1:282 voices
But he says that these things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, putting this too as a sign of accurate and careful narration. For we are all accustomed, so to speak, in our accounts of things that require it to mention also the places where they happened.
Cyril of Alexandria· Commentary on the Gospel of John, Book 1, 444Patristic
These things were done in Bethabara,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
- John 10:39–42
At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.
Commentary on John 10:39–422 voices
Now our Lord turns away from the obstinacy of the Jews. First, the Evangelist shows they were obstinate; secondly, we see that Christ turns away from this; thirdly, we see what effect this had. The Evangelist shows their inflexibility by the fact that after so …
Thomas Aquinas· Commentary on John, 1274Patristic
Therefore they sought again to take him,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed